Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-DL IIIA in Münster: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 4, 1945 at 1330 LT
Registration:
9202
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ottawa – Prestwick – Warsaw
MSN:
8096
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a humanitarian flight from Ottawa to Warsaw, Poland, with an intermediate stop in Prestwick, carrying a load of pharmaceuticals consisting of penicillin. En route over Germany, crew encountered poor weather conditions with cloud layer till 1,000 feet. Captain decided to fly below the clouds when the aircraft hit a tree and crashed. All five occupants were killed.